MTartsstandards

**//Arts have intrinsic value. They cultivate the whole child, building many kinds of literacy while developing intuition, reasoning, creativity, imagination, and dexterity into diverse forms of expression and communication. //** **//The Arts enable students to make decisions and seek multiple solutions. They improve perception, reflection, and creative thought. They advance higher order thinking skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The Arts provide powerful tools for understanding human experiences and cultures—past, present and future. //** **//Arts education engages students in a creative process that helps them develop the self-motivation, discipline, cooperation and self-esteem necessary for success in life. //** **//The Arts consists of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. The content and performance standards for the Arts describe what all Montana students should know and be able to do in the Arts. Although literary arts are generally considered a part of the Arts, standards for the literary arts are integrated throughout the Communication Arts. //** Content Standards indicate what all students should know, understand and be able to do in a specific content area. Benchmarks define our expectations for students’ knowledge, skills and abilities along a developmental continuum in each content area. That continuum is focused at three points—at the end of grade 4, the end of grade 8 and grade 12. **Content Standard 1—Students create, perform/exhibit, and respond in the Arts. ** **Content Standard 2—Students apply and describe the concepts, structures, and processes in the Arts. ** **Content Standard 3—Students develop and refine arts skills and techniques to express ideas, pose and solve problems, and discover meaning. ** **Content Standard 4—Students analyze characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others. ** **Content Standard 5—Students understand the role of the Arts in society, diverse cultures, and historical periods. ** **Content Standard 6—Students make connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. **  **Arts Content Standard 1 ** **Students create, perform/exhibit, and respond in the Arts. ** **Rationale ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students understand and express themselves in depth through an art form by: // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• generating original art; // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• participating, re-creating, and exhibiting; and // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• reacting and placing value. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">As a result, they arrive at their own knowledge and beliefs for making personal and artistic decisions. // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benchmarks ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 4 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. identify their own ideas and images based on themes, symbols, events and personal experiences. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. use a variety of materials and sources to experiment with an art form. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. present their own work and works of others. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. collaborate with others in the creative process. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. describe how a variety of materials, techniques and processes cause different responses. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. create a work from their own ideas and images based on themes, symbols, events and personal experiences. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. select a variety of materials and sources to demonstrate a specific art form. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. prepare and/or revise works for presentation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. collaborate with others to make artistic choices. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. describe and analyze artistic choices in their own work and works of others. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon Graduation—End of Grade 12 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. conceive and create works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. demonstrate imagination and technical skill in a minimum of one art form using traditional and nontraditional resources. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. select or adapt the elements of a presentational style. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. apply artistic discipline (e.g., concentration and focus) to complete a collaborative work. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. articulate meaning by describing and analyzing artistic choices in their own work and works of others. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Arts Content Standard 2 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Students apply and describe the concepts, structures, and processes in the Arts. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The ability to use and share knowledge is fundamental to human experience. The Arts: Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, provide many of the tools for students to successfully interact with their world. // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benchmarks ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 4 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. COMPOSITION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of space (shape, level, path in space, pattern, form), time (duration, rhythm), and energy (movement quality) to compose dance phrases. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre/tone color, and form. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of plot, character and setting. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of line, shape, form, color, space, value, and texture to compose works of art and the principals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">of design-pattern, balance, contrast, rhythm, proportion, economy, movement, dominance. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. TECHNIQUES— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify and apply the techniques of body awareness (e.g., control, flexibility, dynamics, expression, musicality) in class and performance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify and apply the techniques of expressive devices, dynamics, tempo, phrasing, accompaniment, interpretation and improvisation. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify and apply techniques to develop scenarios, direct and act. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify and apply the techniques common to drawing, painting, sculpture, design, printmaking, and indigenous/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">traditional arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. MEDIUM— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate the human body in motion. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform vocal and/or instrumental solos, or in ensembles. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform in ensemble (e.g., live, film, video productions). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">select a course of action using two-dimensional processes (e.g., paint- ing, drawing, printmaking) and the three dimensional processes (e.g., sculpture and indigenous/traditional arts). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. FUNCTION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of social, theatrical, and traditional dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of music (e.g., ceremonial, celebration, concerts, theatre, dance, film, social, community, entertainment). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform in classroom or school programs/productions. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of cultural, political, communication, expressive, commercial, and environmental visual arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. STYLE— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of folk, popular, and contemporary (e.g., ballet, jazz, modern, tap) dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of music (e.g., folk, jazz, ethnic, popular, classical, time period). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify and perform examples of theatre (e.g., comedy, melodrama). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of historical, contemporary, and traditional visual arts, including American Indian art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. PRESENTATION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">show dance composition with peers, emphasizing focus and concentration. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">participate in performances. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate storytelling and creative dramatics. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">exhibit craftsmanship, completion, and develop a body of work. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. COMPOSITION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of space (shape, level, path in space, pattern, form), time (duration, rhythm), and energy (movement  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">quality) to compose dances. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre/tone color, and form. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of plot, character, setting and mood. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of line, shape, form, color, space, value, and texture to compose works of art and the principals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">of design-pattern, balance, contrast, rhythm, proportion, economy, movement, dominance. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. TECHNIQUES— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the techniques of body awareness (e.g., control, flexibility, dynamics, expression, musicality) in class and performance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the techniques of expressive devices, dynamics, tempo, phrasing, accompaniment, interpretation, and improvisation. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply techniques to write, direct, act, and design. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply knowledge of techniques to create works (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, computer arts,  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">graphic design, sculpture, and indigenous/traditional arts). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. MEDIUM— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate the human body in motion. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform vocal and/or instrumental solos, or in ensembles. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform solo and in ensemble (e.g., mime, live, film, video productions). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">select a course of action using two-dimensional processes (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking, photography,  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">computer arts) and the three-dimensional processes (e.g., sculpture, indigenous/traditional arts). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. FUNCTION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of social, theatrical, and traditional dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform examples of music (e.g., ceremonial, celebration, concerts, theatre, dance, film, social, community, entertainment). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform in classroom or school programs/productions. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate and compare examples of cultural, political, communication, expressive, commercial, and environmental visual arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. STYLE— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of folk, popular, historical, and contemporary (e.g., ballet, jazz, modern, tap) dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform examples of music (e.g., folk, jazz, ethnic, popular, classical, time period). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform examples of theatre (e.g., comedy, melodrama, plays from historical periods). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate examples of historical, contemporary, and traditional visual arts, including American Indian art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. PRESENTATION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">rehearse, perform, and critique dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">rehearse, perform, and critique musical performances. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">rehearse, perform, and critique storytelling and improvisation. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">exhibit craftsmanship, completion, and develop a body of work. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon Graduation—End of Grade 12 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. COMPOSITION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of space (shape, level, path in space, pattern, form), time (duration, rhythm), and energy (movement quality) to compose dances. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre/tone color, and form. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of character and plot as exposition, action, climax, and resolution. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the elements of line, shape, form, color, space, value, and texture to compose works of art and the principals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">of design-pattern, balance, contrast, rhythm, proportion, ecomony, movement, dominance. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. TECHNIQUES— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the techniques of body awareness (e.g., control, flexibility, dynamics, expression, musicality) in class and performance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply the techniques of expressive devices, dynamics, tempo, phrasing, accompaniment, interpretation, and improvisation. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply techniques to write, direct, act, design and produce. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">apply techniques to create works (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, computer arts, graphic design,  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">sculpture, and indigenous/traditional arts). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. MEDIUM— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate the human body in motion. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform vocal and/or instrumental solos, or in ensembles. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform solo and in ensemble (e.g., mime, live, film, video productions). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">select a course of action using two-dimensional processes (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, computer arts, graphic design) and three-dimensional processes (e.g., sculpture, indigenous/traditional arts). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. FUNCTION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of social, theatrical, and traditional dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform and compare examples of music (e.g., ceremonial, celebration, concerts, theatre, dance, film, social, community, entertainment). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform in classroom or school programs/productions. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate and compare examples of cultural, political, communication, expressive, commercial, and environmental visual arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. STYLE— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">identify examples of folk, popular, historical, and contemporary (e.g., ballet, jazz, modern, tap) dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform examples of music (e.g., folk, jazz, ethnic, popular, classical, time period). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">perform examples of theatre (e.g., comedy, tragedy, melodrama plays from historical periods). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">demonstrate examples of historical, contemporary, and traditional visual arts, including American Indian art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. PRESENTATION— **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">rehearse, perform, and critique dance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">rehearse, perform, and critique musical performances. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">rehearse, perform, and critique improvisation and performances. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">exhibit craftsmanship, completion, and develop a body of work. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Arts Content Standard 3 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Students develop and refine arts skills and techniques to express ideas, pose and solve problems, and discover meaning. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Artistic expression is a critical form of self-expression and communication requiring specific skills, knowledge, and techniques. In the Arts there is no one correct answer. Students must exercise judgment. This helps to develop the ability to weigh the benefits among alternative courses of action. This process yields multiple rather than singular solutions. // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benchmarks ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 4 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. use art materials, techniques, technologies, and processes to create general responses. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. communicate meaning through the art forms from selected subject matter. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. explore potential solutions to a given problem through the Arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. use technical skills. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—perform movements and rhythm patterns. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—sing and play music using dynamics, phrasing, and interpretation. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use mind, voice, and body to create characters and tell stories. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—create works of art with content that is consistent with media possibilities. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. identify and use an appropriate symbol system. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use dance elements (space, time, energy) to discuss movement and produce movements demonstrated and/or described in words. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use standard symbols to identify meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—recognize and use stage direction. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—recognize and use symbol language appropriate to media used to create works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. use art materials, techniques, technologies, and processes to create specific responses. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. communicate intended meaning based on their own ideas and concepts from other sources. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. use improvisation/experimentation to determine solutions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. use technical skills. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—perform movements and rhythm patterns with control and expression. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use accepted performance and expressive techniques (e.g., breath control, posture) while singing and playing music in small and large ensembles. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use scenery, properties, sound, costume, and make-up to communicate locale and mood. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—experiment and practice with a variety of media to achieve clarity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">of expression. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. understand and use symbol systems. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use dance elements (space, time, energy) to discuss movement and produce movements demonstrated and/or described in words. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—identify and define standard notation symbols including pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—understand and apply stage direction and ground plans. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—examine the breadth and depth of possible responses presented by media and media techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon Graduation—End of Grade 12 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. use art materials, techniques, technologies, and processes to create specific products and responses to ideas. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. communicate intended meaning through the interpretation of a subject. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. use improvisation/experimentation to predict potential solutions to problems and pose new problems. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. use technical skills. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—perform movements and rhythm patterns with appropriate range of dynamics and expression. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—sing or play music with expression and technical accuracy exhibiting a large and varied repertoire of vocal or  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">instrumental literature. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use scenery, properties, sound, costume, make-up, and lighting to communicate locale and mood. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—explore and practice skills to enhance communication with consistency. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. understand and use symbol systems. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Dance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—use dance elements (space, time, energy) to discuss movement and produce movements demonstrated and/or described in words. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Music **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—read and use standard and nonstandard notation symbols through participation in small and large ensembles. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Theatre **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—understand and apply stage direction and ground plans. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Visual Arts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">—understand and apply appropriate symbol language to maximize expression in a specific media. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Arts Content Standard 4 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Students analyze characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Reflecting on the Arts heightens critical thinking and qualitative judgment. Students practice and use higher order thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation to understand works of art. // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benchmarks ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 4 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. use vocabulary of the discipline to describe a variety of works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. describe personal works to others. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. devise criteria for evaluation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. recognize a variety of different responses to specific works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and other art works by applying specific criteria appropriate to the style and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">offer constructive suggestions for improvement. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. describe the influence of personal experience on the interpretation of works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. develop and apply criteria for evaluating quality and effectiveness of the work of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. describe and compare a variety of individual responses to works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon Graduation—End of Grade 12 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. evaluate an art work by comparing and contrasting it to similar or exemplary works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. compare and contrast how meaning is communicated in two or more of the students’ own works and/or works of others. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. refine specific criteria for making informed critical evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of a work of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. analyze various interpretations as a means for understanding/evaluating works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Arts Content Standard 5 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Students understand the role of the Arts in society, diverse cultures, and historical periods. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">It is important for students to be knowledgeable about the nature, value, and meaning of the Arts in the context of their own humanity with respect to community, environment, and culture, including the distinct and unique cultural heritage of Montana’s American Indians. // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benchmarks ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 4 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. recognize ways in which the Arts have both a historical and distinctive relationship to various cultures (e.g., American Indian) and media of expression. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. identify and describe specific works of art belonging to particular cultures, times and places. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. recognize various reasons for creating works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. recognize common emotions, experiences, and expressions in art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. demonstrate appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of art presented. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. explore their own culture as reflected through the Arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. demonstrate how history/culture and the Arts influence each other. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. identify, describe, and analyze specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places in the context in which they were created. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. compare various reasons for creating works of art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. describe how people’s emotions and experiences influence the development of specific art works. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. demonstrate appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of art presented. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. determine the connection of a work of art to societal and cultural change or preservation, including American Indian culture and art. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon Graduation—End of Grade 12 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. identify and describe the role of the artist in cultures and societies. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. identify, describe and analyze specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places in the context in which they were created. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. identify intentions of those creating art works, explore the implications of various purposes and justify analysis. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. analyze contemporary and historic meanings and emotions in specific art works through cultural and aesthetic inquiry. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">5. demonstrate appropriate audience behavior for the context and style of art presented. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">6. investigate a variety of artworks from resources in the community and analyze and communicate cultural and historical context. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Arts Content Standard 6 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Students make connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Arts are part of everyone’s daily experience. The Arts reflect the culture that produces them. As students work in the Arts, it is important to understand how the Arts disciplines relate to one another, to other subjects, and to their life. // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Benchmarks ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Students will: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 4 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common terms/elements used in the various Arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. identify interrelated elements among the Arts and other subject areas. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. identify the role of the Arts in the world of work. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. identify how art reflects life. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">End of Grade 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. explain how elements, processes (e.g., imagination, craftsmanship) and organizational principles are used in similar and distinctive ways. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. connect and analyze interrelated elements of the Arts and other subject areas. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. experience the elements of art careers in a professional setting. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. analyze how works of art reflect the environment in which they are created. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Upon Graduation—End of Grade 12 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">1. compare and explain how the characteristic materials of each art (e.g., sound in music, visual stimuli in visual arts, movement in dance, human interrelationships in theatre) correlate to similar events, scenes, emotions, or ideas. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">2. utilize interrelated elements among the Arts and other subject areas. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">3. explore vocational and avocational opportunities in the Arts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">4. identify how works of art reflect the environment in which they are created. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Arts Performance Standards: A Profile of Four Levels ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">The Arts Performance Standards describe students’ knowledge, skills and abilities in the Arts content area on a continuum from kindergarten through grade twelve. These descriptions provide a picture or profile of student achievement at the four performance levels—advanced, proficient, nearing proficiency and novice. ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Advanced //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This level denotes superior performance. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Proficient //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This level denotes solid academic performance for each benchmark. Students reaching <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter, including <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">subject-matter knowledge, application of such knowledge to real-world situations, and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">analytical skills appropriate to the subject matter. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nearing Proficiency //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This level denotes that the student has partial mastery or prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient work at each benchmark. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Novice //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This level denotes that the student is beginning to attain the prerequisite knowledge and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">skills that are fundamental for work at each benchmark. **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grade 4 Arts //** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Advanced **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A fourth-grade student at the advanced level in the Arts demonstrates superior performance. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) independently creates, performs/exhibits in and responds through a minimum of one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) consistently applies, with confidence, the concepts, structures and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) uses a variety of skills and techniques to express ideas and poses and solves problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) independently practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) analyzes the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) consistently recognizes and respects the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) consistently finds and shares multiple connections among the Arts, other subject areas and life. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Proficient **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A fourth-grade student at the proficient level in the Arts demonstrates solid academic performance. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) demonstrates the ability to create, perform/exhibit and respond through a minimum of one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies a basic understanding of the concepts, structures and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) uses skills and techniques to express ideas and poses and solves problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) communicates an understanding of the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) recognizes and respects the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) finds and communicates connections among the Arts, other subject areas, and life. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nearing Proficiency **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A fourth-grade student at the nearing proficiency level demonstrates a partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency in the Arts. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) creates, performs/exhibits in and responds with specific directions and assistance through a minimum of one art form in a limited way; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) identifies, but has difficulty demonstrating concepts, structures and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) identifies skills and techniques in the Arts and sometimes expresses ideas and poses and solves problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) sometimes practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) sometimes identifies and demonstrates the characteristics and merits of his/her work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) sometimes recognizes the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) finds and shares limited connections among the Arts, other subject areas, and life. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Novice **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A fourth-grade student at the novice level is beginning to attain prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental at each benchmark in the Arts. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) has difficulty creating, performing/exhibiting in and responding through a minimum of one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) demonstrates a limited understanding of concepts, structures, and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) identifies with assistance some of the skills and techniques but does not express ideas or pose or solve problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) has difficulty practicing responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) seldom identifies the characteristics and merits of his/her work or the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) has limited recognition of the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) has difficulty finding connections among the Arts, other subject areas, and life. **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grade 8 Arts //** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Advanced **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An eighth-grade student at the advanced level in the Arts demonstrates superior performance. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) effectively creates, performs/exhibits in and responds through more than one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) consistently applies with confidence concepts, structures and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) applies a variety of skills and techniques to effectively express ideas and to pose and solve problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) independently practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) evaluates the characteristics and merits of his/her work and the works of others in the Arts ; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) effectively and consistently analyzes the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) synthesizes and evaluates connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Proficient **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An eighth-grade student at the proficient level in the Arts demonstrates solid academic performance. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) effectively creates, performs/exhibits in and responds through a minimum of one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies concepts, processes and structures in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) uses a variety of skills and techniques, to express ideas and to pose and solve problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) analyzes the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) analyzes and clearly describes the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) analyzes and describes connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nearing Proficiency **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An eighth-grade student at the nearing proficiency level demonstrates a partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency in the Arts. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) sometimes creates, performs/exhibits in and responds through a minimum of one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies, with some assistance, a basic understanding of the concepts, structures, and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) identifies skills and techniques and sometimes expresses ideas and poses and solves problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) sometimes practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) describes, with assistance, some of the characteristics and merits of his/her work and the works of others in the Arts; (f) sometimes identifies the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods but has difficulty describing that role; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) identifies and describes, with some assistance, limited connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Novice **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">An eighth-grade student at the novice level is beginning to attain prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental at each benchmark in the Arts. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) seldom creates, performs/exhibits without specific direction, and sometimes responds in a limited way through one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies, with much assistance, a basic understanding of some of the concepts, structures, and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) identifies, with assistance, skills and techniques, but has difficulty expressing ideas and posing and solving problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) has difficulty practicing responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) seldom recognizes the characteristics and merits of his/her work or the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) identifies, with assistance, the role of the arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) identifies, with difficulty, limited connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life and work. **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Upon Graduation Arts //** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Advanced **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A graduating student at the advanced level in the Arts demonstrates superior performance. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) creates, performs/exhibits and responds through more than one art form at an accomplished level; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) consistently applies, analyzes and interprets the concepts, structures and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) distinguishes and analyzes appropriate skills and techniques to effectively express ideas and to pose and solve problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) independently practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) accepts responsibility for the characteristics and merits of their works and appreciates the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) effectively and consistently analyzes and evaluates the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) synthesizes and evaluates connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Proficient **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A graduating student at the proficient level in the Arts demonstrates solid academic performance. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) creates, performs/exhibits and responds through a minimum of one art form at an accomplished level; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies varied concepts, processes and structures in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) demonstrates effective skills and techniques in the Arts to express ideas and poses and solves problems; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) analyzes and evaluates the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) examines and analyzes the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) analyzes and responds to connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life, and work. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Nearing Proficiency **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A graduating student at the nearing proficiency level demonstrates a partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency in the Arts. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) creates, performs/exhibits and responds through a minimum of one art form in a limited way; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies, with some assistance, concepts, structures, and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) identifies skills and techniques and sometimes expresses ideas and poses and solves problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) sometimes practices responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) demonstrates a limited understanding of the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) sometimes examines the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(g) demonstrates connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life and work. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Novice **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A graduating student at the novice level is beginning to attain prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental at each benchmark in the Arts. He/she: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(a) creates, performs/exhibits, and responds, with specific direction and in a limited way, through a minimum of one art form; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(b) applies, with much assistance, a basic understanding of some of the concepts, structures, and processes in the four art forms of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(c) identifies, with assistance, skills and techniques, but shows limited ability to express ideas or to pose and solve problems in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(d) practices, with assistance, responsible, safe and appropriate personal and group behavior in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(e) demonstrates, with assistance, a limited understanding of the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others in the Arts; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(f) rarely examines, without specific direction, the role of the Arts in his/her society, diverse cultures, and historical periods; and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">(g) demonstrates, with some assistance, limited connections among the Arts, other subject areas, life and work.
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